Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

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Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

Last year my brother and I drove up to Indy for Game 6 of the ECFs. Incredible.

This year we're bringing the whole crew: My wife and I, my brother and his wife, my parents, and my other brother. Seven of us will drive in Friday evening, watch the game, and then drive back to my parent's house in Cincinnati.

Where do you recommend we buy tickets? Where should we sit? Where should we park?

Recommendations welcome.

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Last year my brother and I drove up to Indy for Game 6 of the ECFs. Incredible.

This year we're bringing the whole crew: My wife and I, my brother and his wife, my parents, and my other brother. Seven of us will drive in Friday evening, watch the game, and then drive back to my parent's house in Cincinnati.

Where do you recommend we buy tickets? Where should we sit? Where should we park?

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Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

Stubhub is where I ended up buying for the Celtics game the Sunday before Christmas. Was a couple of dollars cheaper per ticket than the service that is linked by the Pacers site. Was also convenient.

We ended up second row in the balcony. The lower level seats were just too costly for a family of four. The teams success seems to be having an impact on prices for available tickets.

If it were just me and my wife going I'd probably take the chance and look for a deal outside before the game. This stategy has worked out pretty well for me in the past. Even for playoff games. Don't have that option this trip and doesn't appear you do either with the extended family coming along.

Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

I would guess it would be difficult to get tickets with all 7 of you sitting together. If you do, they'll be worse tickets. So I would split it up 4 tickets and 3 tickets. Then I'd get to Indy early, have dinner somewhere downtown, and meet up after the game.

UncleBuck:

"See how stupid those fans sound complaining about the officials. That is one reason why I hate when Pacers fans complain about the refs - does not come across well at all, no matter the merit. "

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Parking is $5 just south of the Fieldhouse in the big lot between the Alexander Hotel and Eli Lilly's. Just a block away from the fieldhouse. Corner of South St. & Alabama. Easy trek with little traffic to deal with after the game, and you can stop into the Alexander before the game, good restaurants there.

Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

Park at the $5 lot in the SE corner of the South and Pennsylvania intersection (across Pennsylvania from Arbys). They don't typically open until around 5pm (so probably less competition with circle of lights crowd), and is only a block south of the fieldhouse. Also VERY easy to get out after the game and get on the interstate.

If you want to get tickets all together as a group and are willing to pay around $75 a head, theres some block deals on Stubhub from the club level Fan Zone between Area 55 and G2 Zone in that price range in sections 1, 2, and 19.

Last edited by Sandman21; 11-24-2013 at 04:48 PM.

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Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

I imagine the x-mas tree lighting is Friday night, and that is typically one of downtown's busiest days of the year. Pay the money and get to the garage early.

I was downtown for the Christmas tree lighting last year - I would second this wholeheartedly. I got a spot in some parking garage downtown, but it was a bit of a walk from there to BLF/Circle Center, and it was damn cold then so the walk wasn't great.

Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel

"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
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Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

Park at the $5 lot in the SE corner of the South and Pennsylvania intersection (across Pennsylvania from Arbys). They don't typically open until around 5pm (so probably less competition with circle of lights crowd), and is only a block south of the fieldhouse. Also VERY easy to get out after the game and get on the interstate.

If you want to get tickets all together as a group and are willing to pay around $75 a head, theres some block deals on Stubhub from the club level Fan Zone between Area 55 and G2 Zone in that price range in sections 1, 2, and 19.

$75 a head for the 7 of us is out of our price range. We'll be in the balcony for sure.

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As an employee for PS&E or as a fan, I always recommend checking the arena's primary purchase options first. As it stands now, you can get the $75 tickets Sandman recommended for $62.90 each via this purchase page on Ticketmaster.com. That price includes the online fees and you can print at home for free. Plus, there are 7 seats in the same row.

If you want a lower price point, then there are Balcony options starting at $16.15 each to $19.45 each to $38.70 each. All of these price points have groups of 7 right now. This is on the same page I hyperlinked above. After a quick look on other sites, these are the best prices available on a single-game basis.

In some situations, an arena's primary site will not have tickets available. If a Pacers game is sold out, then you always have the option to purchase authentic and verified tickets from other fans via the NBATickets.com fan resale marketplace (click here to see seats for Friday). If you're going to buy from fans you don't know personally, then I would highly suggest looking here if seats on Ticketmaster are not available.

Every game night -- whether it is a preseason game or a big Playoff game - we get dozens to 100s of people coming to the Box Office window because someone sold them a fake ticket. Some sites provide a guarantee with each ticket, but if you look closely to the fine print then you'll see the guarantee is only in the form of a refund. Unfortunately, when a fan comes to a window with a fake ticket, we cannot refund their money and can't give them another ticket for free. It is one of the hardest things we have to do at the Box Office because we're typically turning down hardcore Pacers fans who are pumped about going to the game. However, if we didn't do it, then those who are selling fake tickets would continue to do it because they would get away with it. That was a big reason why we launched NBATickets.com, because it is the only site that allows fans to buy verified tickets from other fans.

Also, I've heard from a few of you individually that you are having trouble finding reasonably-priced tickets for some big games later in the season (the two big ones are Lakers and Heat). If that's the case for you, then check out the Pacers Holiday Pack, which includes the Pacers games against the Heat, Lakers, Knicks, Warriors and Nuggets. Plus, you get a pretty cool Pacers scarf included with the purchase. Pacers.com/Holiday has the details or feel free to call (317) 917-2827 if you want to talk to a rep about it.

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"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
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Sections 206-211 and 222-227 are the best choices in the balcony. We used to have tickets in 206. It was nice if you are low enough. The main concern I would have is not getting too high. The lower seats are much better than the higher ones. I would take a lower seat in 206 over a higher one in 208 or 209.

Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

Park at the $5 lot in the SE corner of the South and Pennsylvania intersection (across Pennsylvania from Arbys). They don't typically open until around 5pm (so probably less competition with circle of lights crowd), and is only a block south of the fieldhouse. Also VERY easy to get out after the game and get on the interstate.

If you want to get tickets all together as a group and are willing to pay around $75 a head, theres some block deals on Stubhub from the club level Fan Zone between Area 55 and G2 Zone in that price range in sections 1, 2, and 19.

I second the recommendations for that parking lot and the fan zone... our seats our in the Fan Zone - best value for the $$, and I always like it being full of Pacers fans instead of other teams fans!

Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

Parking is $5 just south of the Fieldhouse in the big lot between the Alexander Hotel and Eli Lilly's. Just a block away from the fieldhouse. Corner of South St. & Alabama. Easy trek with little traffic to deal with after the game, and you can stop into the Alexander before the game, good restaurants there.

This is where I park each time I go to a game. It's more like a block and a half but still close enough to make it worth the walk. If you have older parents or if the ladies don't want to walk in the cold, you can drop them off in front of the Fieldhouse and then make your way over to the parking garage.

Trying to get 7 tickets this close to Gameday, especially with a lot of people being off from work that evening, will be a little difficult. You can probably forget about getting anything other than the balcony. Be sure to check out Stubhub the morning of the game and my suggestion is to get your tickets before you leave town. I made that mistake once, got to the game and all they had was singles remaining at the box office.

Sections in the corners are cheaper than those on the sides. If you want tickets on the side, your best bets are sections 210 and 227. It seems like they always have plenty of seats in those sections.

Larry is not coming back, he didn't have a meeting with Orlando for not reason, yeah he is coming back to the NBA but not to the Pacers, the notion that he is a taking a year off and then come back is absurd.

Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

A couple things, downtown will be crowded. There are 3 state football championship games that day (Including my Brebeuf Braves vs. Andrean Go Prep!), also there is the tree lighting on the circle before the game, I think it's at 7? it is the reason for the 8PM tipoff.

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Is there a meeting of regular PD members after the game? Where do you guys meet up?

PDers meet in the atrium by the practice court windows by the Delaware Street entrance. They stick out pretty well LOL.

"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel

"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
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Re: Bringing the tribe to Indy for Friday night's game... What do I need to know?

"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel

"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Want your own "Just Say No to Kamen" from @mkroeger pic? http://twitpic.com/a3hmca